Allerød

55°52'20"N 012°18'48"E

runway: 16/34 - 800x20m - grass

Allerød airfield (danish: Allerød Flyveplads, also known as Møllemosegård, ICAO: EKAL) was a small GA airfield 25 kilometers northwest of Copenhagen.
The airfield was built in 1959 by Sonny Grum and his wife Alice 'Babs' Grum-Schwensen. Alice ran the airfield for 25 years until she retired in 1984. The closure of the airfield was caused by the expandion of the neighbouring town Lillerød. The airfield was bought by an investment company in 2007, and it closed on 15 April, shortly after Alice's death in March 2007. Tearing down of the airfield began almost immediately, and by January 2008 the contours of the new burroughs had crept close to the former clubhouse.
In May 2011 plans were announced to convert the southern half of the airfield (location of the flying club buildings) into a sports field complex. By that time the eastern side of the airfield had already been turned into a residential area (Møllemoseparken). The intention of the new local plan is that Møllemosegårds constructions will wholly or partly be demolished and replaced by a new clubhouse for athletes and others.


Alice 'Babs' Grum-Schwensen in her glider (from her obituary at glider.dk, in Danish).


Allerød airfield in 2005 (Google Earth)


Allerod had disappeared completely by this picture was taken in September 2011 (Google Earth)